Today’s BrickNerd article comes from guest contributor Brickproject, a builder in France who specializes in architectural buildings and microscale creations. The French Café As a French LEGO fan-builder, I had the opportunity on behalf of BrickNerd to look at set 10362 French Café, a beautiful homage to our “café en terrasse” culture, featuring 1,101 crafted pieces. The purpose of this article is, of course, to take a quick look at the set, but more importantly, to add my personal touch to the model and explore ways to reimagine the set. So please enjoy the review, expansion and reimagining of LEGO’s French Café. Lunch in France Getting right into it, the designer of the set chose to depict the ground floor of a cute traditional French corner café, taking inspiration from different regions of France. The abundant ivy, greenery, and pastel-toned facade immediately remind me of a small “Provençal” village / South...

